<p>One man was killed and three other people were critically injured Tuesday in a shooting outside of a funeral for a homicide victim in the nation's capital, according to police.</p>.<p>Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said a police officer was stationed near the funeral home in northeast Washington where the service was held when the gunfire broke out around 12.30 pm.</p>.<p>The shooting happened about 20 minutes after a funeral ended for a victim of a homicide who was shot and killed in March. The victim's family had asked police to have officers near the funeral, Contee said.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/brazil-hit-by-two-new-school-attacks-in-24-hours-1208753.html" target="_blank">Brazil hit by two new school attacks in 24 hours</a></strong></p>.<p>At least four people were shot, Contee said. One man died at the scene and three more people — two men and a woman — were taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to a spokesperson for DC Fire and EMS.</p>.<p>"At this point, it appears that several people who were in the block were specifically targeted," Contee said at a news conference outside the funeral home. "We're unsure why that is, why these people were targeted, more or less why they were targeted at a funeral. We don't understand that.”</p>.<p>Police have made no arrests in the case.</p>.<p>The gunfire comes as the country reels from the latest string of mass shootings, including five people killed at a Louisville bank on Monday.</p>
<p>One man was killed and three other people were critically injured Tuesday in a shooting outside of a funeral for a homicide victim in the nation's capital, according to police.</p>.<p>Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said a police officer was stationed near the funeral home in northeast Washington where the service was held when the gunfire broke out around 12.30 pm.</p>.<p>The shooting happened about 20 minutes after a funeral ended for a victim of a homicide who was shot and killed in March. The victim's family had asked police to have officers near the funeral, Contee said.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/brazil-hit-by-two-new-school-attacks-in-24-hours-1208753.html" target="_blank">Brazil hit by two new school attacks in 24 hours</a></strong></p>.<p>At least four people were shot, Contee said. One man died at the scene and three more people — two men and a woman — were taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to a spokesperson for DC Fire and EMS.</p>.<p>"At this point, it appears that several people who were in the block were specifically targeted," Contee said at a news conference outside the funeral home. "We're unsure why that is, why these people were targeted, more or less why they were targeted at a funeral. We don't understand that.”</p>.<p>Police have made no arrests in the case.</p>.<p>The gunfire comes as the country reels from the latest string of mass shootings, including five people killed at a Louisville bank on Monday.</p>